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3 upcoming New Jersey poker tournaments you won’t want to miss

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layers, came from all over for "The Showdown at the Sands", a $1 million poker tournament, Friday, Nov. 21, 2003, at the Sands Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, N.J. The formal three-day tournament, which began Saturday, will be televised by Fox Sports Net on Thanksgiving Day.
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January brought with it some of the best poker tournament action ever seen in New Jersey. Many poker players wondered if the “newness” of online poker in the Garden State would wear off, and with it diminish the guaranteed prize pools and massive multi-table tournaments.

The verdict is in: It may still be freezing outside, but New Jersey’s poker tournament action is about to get hotter than ever. Below are the three upcoming tournaments that should be on every New Jersey poker player’s radar.

Borgata spring poker open and WPT championship

Between April 8th and April 26th, the Borgata will host it’s annual spring poker open. The full schedule has not yet been released, but is sure to include a plethora of great tournaments at various buy-in levels.

Even more exciting is that this year’s Borgata spring open, for the first time, will be the host to a World Poker Tour championship event.

This main event will be a $15,000 + $400 championship and will carry a $5 million dollar first prize guarantee. It should also be noted that this is the first ever prize pool guarantee for a WPT championship.

Online qualifying for the main event is already underway at Borgatapoker.com. You can win your seat to this prestigious event by playing in one of the “step tournaments” offered each day on the virtual felt.

Sunday major special at partypoker - $100,000 guarantee on March 2nd

Known for raising the bar, nj.partypoker.com has done it once again. In lieu of their normal Sunday $50k guarantee, on Sunday, March 2nd, partypoker will be doubling the tournament guarantee to $100,000.

This will be the largest regular Sunday major in New Jersey state history. The direct buy-in for the event will be $200. Satellites are also available for as little as $5, and can be found in the tournament lobby under “qualifiers”.

WSOP New Jersey to offer satellites to this year's WSOP main event

One of the world's most anticipated and prestigious poker tournaments is the annual $10,000 buy-in World Series of Poker Main Event. This year’s Main Event will run from July 5th through July 14th and will feature a $10,000,000 guaranteed first prize.

For the first time in history, players in New Jersey will be able to play in online satellites to qualify. As one of only two states in the country where WSOP.com operates for real money, New Jersey players have a great advantage over others to satellite their way into this year’s Main Event.

The WSOP announced earlier this week that they will be awarding no less than 93 seats to the Main Event, and that WSOP.com will be the only online option for players to win seats. Kicking off this Saturday, WSOP.com will host it’s first Main Event satellite, which will feature a $215 buy-in and will award 1 main event seat for every 50 players participating.

In addition to Main Event satellites, WSOP.com will also be hosting a variety of satellite tournaments throughout the week for the smaller buy-in events as well. For more information on these WSOP satellite events, visit WSOP.com.

Strategies for beating the online poker tournaments and satellites

With so many great tournaments coming up for New Jersey poker players, there’s never been a better time to polish up your tournament skills and master the art of qualifying through satellite tournaments.

Here are a few previous articles that should help you move up the ladder in an online tournament poker.